Roseanne: Season 4
Anchor Bay (1991)
Comedy
In Collection
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IMDB   6.7
583 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1
Roseanne Barr Roseanne Conner
Roseanne Roseanne Conner
John Goodman Dan Conner
Laurie Metcalf Jackie Harris
Natalie West Crystal Anderson-Conner
Sarah Chalke Becky Conner
Michael Fishman D.J. Conner
Lecy Goranson Becky Conner
Sara Gilbert Darlene Conner
Alicia Goranson Becky Conner
Johnny Galecki David Healy
Director
John Pasquin
John Whitesell
Producer Marcy Carsey
Tom Werner
Writer Matt Williams
Roseanne

Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from 1988 to 1997 starring stand-up comedian Roseanne Barr. The show portrayed a working-class family struggling to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois. Many critics considered the show notable as one of the first sitcoms to portray an American family in which economics necessitated two parents working jobs outside the home.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    9/17/1991  1.  A Bitter Pill to Swallow
Roseanne is stunned when Becky asks for advice about birth control.
Director:  Andrew D. Weyman  Writer:  Jennifer Heath  / Amy Sherman-Palladino 
Guest starring:  Deborah G. D'Alton
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    9/24/1991  2.  Take My Bike ... Please!
Roseanne and Dan open up shop at Lanford Custom Cycle, but selling a bike proves an exhausting challenge, as does keeping the household fine-tuned with Becky in charge.
Director:  Andrew D. Weyman  Writer:  Bob Myer  / Mark Rosewater 
Guest starring:  Dan Butler
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/1/1991  3.  Why Jackie Becomes a Trucker
Jackie awakens and is horrified to find that she has slept with Arnie; Dan invites Leon home for the weekly poker game; DJ trades his comics for a dog.
Director:  Andrew D. Weyman  Writer:  Chuck Lorre 
Guest starring:  Jared Seide
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/8/1991  4.  Darlene Fades to Black
Darlene slips into a depressive state, wanting to wear only black, watch TV and be left alone; Becky wants a motorcycle.
Director:  Andrew D. Weyman 
Guest starring:  Scott Burkholder, Walter Jacobson
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/15/1991  5.  Tolerate Thy Neighbor
Roseanne's new neighbors the Bowmans are burgled while they are out of town -- and hold Roseanne responsible.
Director:  Andrew D. Weyman  Writer:  Maxine Lapiduss  / Martin Mull 
Guest starring:  Carl Franklin, Meagen Fay, Danton Stone, Bob Hope, Michael Des Barres
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/21/1991  6.  Trick Me Up, Trick Me Down
Roseanne is convinced that Kathy Bowman will take revenge for the Hallowe'en prank she played on her; Jackie flirts with a moose at the Lodge costume party only to discover that it's former boyfriend Booker (in his last appearance).
Director:  Andrew D. Weyman  Writer:  Amy Sherman-Palladino 
Guest starring:  Meagen Fay
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/5/1991  7.  Vegas (1)
Arnie decides to wed Nancy in Las Vegas, inviting Dan and Roseanne to stand up for them.
Director:  Andrew D. Weyman  Writer:  Don Foster  / Sid Youngers 
Guest starring:  Lois Bromfield, Dom Angelo
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/12/1991  8.  Vegas, Vegas (2)
The Conners risk getting thrown out of a Vegas nightclub, and visit a wedding chapel with Arnie and Nancy.
Director:  Andrew D. Weyman  Writer:  Joel Madison  / Mark Rosewater 
Guest starring:  Frankie DeAngelo, Lance Davis, Michael Hoover, Danny Gans, Ralph Saldutti, Wayne Newton
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/19/1991  9.  Stressed to Kill
Becky gets into hot water for helping Darlene with a school assignment; trying to stop smoking cold-turkey has Roseanne frazzled, as does working two jobs.
Director:  Andrew D. Weyman  Writer:  Chuck Lorre  / Maxine Lapiduss 
Guest starring:  Stephen Lee, Tony Edwards
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/26/1991  10.  Thanksgiving '91
Thanksgiving brings four generations together to cope with a surprise announcement from Bev.
Writer:  Brad Isaacs 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/3/1991  11.  Kansas City, Here We Come
Roseanne and Jackie go to Kansas City to visit their father's mistress; Dan intends to beat up Becky's obnoxious boss.
Director:  Andrew D. Weyman  Writer:  Jennifer Heath  / Don Foster 
Guest starring:  Joshua Rifkind, Kay Arnold
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/24/1991  12.  Santa Claus
Roseanne talks Leon into letting her play Santa Claus at the mall -- and hears something she wishes she hadn't from one of the kids' mothers, who turns out to be Darlene's new friend and confidante.
Director:  Andrew D. Weyman  Writer:  Barry Vigon  / Chuck Lorre 
Guest starring:  Lee Garlington, Walter Jacobson, Stephen Taylor Knot
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/7/1992  13.  Bingo
It is Crystal's choice to choose where the gals' night out will be. Crystal chooses bingo and they all hate it. After Roseanne wins $50 playing bingo, she gets hooked on it. Becky and Darlene baby-sit Little Ed, but when Dan comes home its D.J. and Dan that end up taking care of the baby. Roseanne and Crystal get into i fight, but at the end they make up and Roseanne learn that Crystal is pregnant again.
Director:  Andrew D. Weyman  Writer:  Tom Arnold  / Joel Madison 
Guest starring:  Edie McClurg, David Sage, Lou Hancock, Mitzi McCall
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/21/1992  14.  The Bowling Show
When Dan and Arnie struggle to bring their bowling team out of last place, some unexpected competition arises. Meanwhile, Roseanne feels shut out of Jackie's new friendship with Nancy.
Director:  Andrew D. Weyman  Writer:  Don Foster 
Guest starring:  Paul Eisenhauer, David Crosby, Michael Dempsey,  Johnny Galecki
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/4/1992  15.  The Back Story
After Roseanne throws her back out, Bev arrives to help out -- and to spoil her grandchildren.
Writer:  Bob Myer 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/11/1992  16.  Less is More
A doctor recommends that Roseanne undergo breast reduction surgery for her back problems.
Director:  Gail Mancuso  Writer:  Amy Sherman-Palladino 
Guest starring:  Walter Jacobson, Michael Bryan French, Nigel Gibbs, Susan Krebs, Neil Patrick Harris
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/18/1992  17.  Breakin' Up is Hard to Do
Roseanne and Dan breathe a sigh of relief when Becky breaks up with Mark.
Director:  Andrew D. Weyman  Writer:  Jennifer Heath 
Guest starring:  David Allan Donah
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/25/1992  18.  This Old House
On a last visit to their childhood home, Roseanne and Jackie recall their adolescent years, causing Roseanne to reconsider a punishment for Darlene, who skipped school with David to attend a comic-book convention in Chicago.
Writer:  Michael Poryes 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/3/1992  19.  The Commercial Show
The Conners are sitting pretty for a TV ad for Rodbell's Luncheonette, but at home things get ugly between D.J. and Todd. Leon and Steven break up, and the Bowmans move back to Chicago.
Director:  Andrew D. Weyman  Writer:  Chuck Lorre  / Maxine Lapiduss 
Guest starring:  Rick Dees, Sip Culler, Meagen Fay, Danton Stone, Troy Davidson, Adam Hendershott
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/17/1992  20.  Therapy
Roseanne accompanies Jackie to her therapist after she chooses the ideal man for Jackie -- dull tax accountant Art; Darlene mouths off once too often about a female school bully.
Director:  Andrew D. Weyman  Writer:  Joel Madison  / Chuck Lorre 
Guest starring:  Rhondi Reed, Gil Montie, Dan Butler
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/24/1992  21.  Lies
Roseanne freaks out when she learns that Rodbell's employees must take a lie detector test to find out who has been stealing from the restaurant; Darlene bypasses Roseanne for advice about her beau.
Director:  Andrew D. Weyman  Writer:  Don Foster  / Sid Youngers 
Guest starring:  Walter Jacobson, Richard Riehle
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/31/1992  22.  Deliverance
A pregnant Crystal snaps at everyone in sight, then goes into labour with Dan coaching her in the delivery room; Roseanne and Bonnie feud over who should replace Leon as the new manager of the coffee shop; and Darlene delivers a message to David to quit crowding her.
Director:  Gail Mancuso  Writer:  Joel Madison  / Chuck Lorre 
Guest starring:  Maureen Kelly
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/28/1992  23.  Secrets
Mark turns to alcohol to solve his problems with Becky, and Dan lies to Roseanne about the boy's drunken, reckless evening at the Lobo Lounge to cover both their tracks.
Director:  Andrew D. Weyman  Writer:  Laurence H. Levy 
Guest starring:  Michael Dempsey, Don Maxwell, Jimmy Staszkiel, Dan Butler
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    5/5/1992  24.  Don't Make Me Over
The girls take Roseanne to the Beauty Box for Mother's Day in hopes of convincing her to let them attend a weekend rock concert.
Director:  Andrew D. Weyman  / Sara Gilbert  Writer:  Maxine Lapiduss 
Guest starring:  Dawn Davis, Jaime Capone
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    5/12/1992  25.  Aliens
As the luncheonette closes and the bike shop folds, D.J.'s scholastic achievement is the only light on the Conners' dim horizon. (Coda: an ice-cream fight in the Conner kitchen; Arnie is abducted by aliens)
Director:  Andrew D. Weyman  Writer:  Joel Madison 
Guest starring:  Mark Blum, Anne Gee Byrd, Taylor Fry, Joey Simmrin, Clint Allmon, Steve Kramer, Jeff Heston
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